Phragmoteuthis

Phragmoteuthis
Temporal range:
Specimen of P. bisinuata
Reconstruction of P. polzbergensis and P. bisinuata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Phragmoteuthida
Family: Phragmoteuthidae
Genus: Phragmoteuthis
Mojsisovics, 1882
Species
  • P. bisinuata (Bronn, 1859)
  • P. huxleyi Donovan, 2006
  • ?P. ticinensis Rieber, 1970
  • P. polzbergensis Lukeneder et al. 2024
Synonyms
  • Acanthoteuthis bisinuata Bronn, 1859

Phragmoteuthis is a genus of extinct coleoid cephalopod known from the late Triassic to the lower Jurassic. Its soft tissue has been preserved; some specimens contain intact ink sacs. It had an internal phragmocone and ten arms.

Previously described species, P. conocauda and P. montefiorei got their own genus, Clarkeiteuthis.